2016 Postmortem

metroins

(2,550 posts) Sun Feb 7, 2016, 03:06 AM Feb 2016

I earn over 600k a year [View all]

I feel like the Democratic party is in a race to vilify me and take my money.

Honestly, I try to hire as little as possible. I don't care about family leave or minimum wage and I want a low tax liability. I am just being honest. I'm not ultra rich, I have to plan 30k expenditures. An employee directly Impacts how soon I can retire.

I don't want higher taxes.

Business could go south any moment. I could fuck up any moment. I save because I KNOW I'll likely hit a bad spot. My last check ( combined 2015 ) to the IRS was almost 200k. My product is cheaper and better than my competitors.

I feel like I'm regulated out the ass and I'm in Texas.

I vote D for social issues, but Bernie really scares me.

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I earn over 600k a year [View all] metroins Feb 2016 OP

I think you should go be a Republican. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #1

Sorry metroins Feb 2016 #3

but you sound like a Republican Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2016 #135

I hope DUers do not get too frisky on this thread. I can see alerts coming. merrily Feb 2016 #8

I hope no alerts cups come metroins Feb 2016 #23

With an OP like the this thread's, the temptation may be to say negative things about merrily Feb 2016 #25

Oh, what the hell. This OP is an affront to the decent opinion KingCharlemagne Feb 2016 #169

Please don't hold back. Just say what you really thinK merrily Feb 2016 #174

Been off DU all eve. Would like to join you. 7wo7rees Feb 2016 #177

Nah. bvf Feb 2016 #28

Exactly. "I am wealthy, but paying my fair share of taxes terrifies me" is likely to elicit ad homs. merrily Feb 2016 #36

I didn't mean it to be bait metroins Feb 2016 #45

As I have posted several times now, your intent is not the point. merrily Feb 2016 #57

I'm not trying to bait metroins Feb 2016 #60

. merrily Feb 2016 #64

I didn't see a post metroins Feb 2016 #68

Look, if you made 100k you'd likely be vilified here CorkySt.Clair Feb 2016 #126

Let me at least thank you for all the taxes you pay Yupster Feb 2016 #167

Or tazkcmo Feb 2016 #176

I read you as sincere Voice for Peace Feb 2016 #156

I can't help it: did the OP misspeak? elias49 Feb 2016 #145

Right you are. n/t bvf Feb 2016 #51

Yeah, this plays like pure alert bait. Ed Suspicious Feb 2016 #56

Well I'm sorry metroins Feb 2016 #62

Go to Forbes and look up their 2015 list of Best Places for Business. kristopher Feb 2016 #108

I stopped and deleted my reply UglyGreed Feb 2016 #117

I'm one scary woman! merrily Feb 2016 #144

IDK. I think you're nice. elias49 Feb 2016 #146

Thank you so much! AFAIK, calling a woman "nice" is not a sexist slur, but I haven't merrily Feb 2016 #148

Not because of you UglyGreed Feb 2016 #178

Not to worry. I was only joking. merrily Feb 2016 #180

OK at times UglyGreed Feb 2016 #182

We all do. Reading emotion on a screen is hard. merrily Feb 2016 #183

. UglyGreed Feb 2016 #184

I think that's the kind of attitude that drives people away from the Democratic Party. yardwork Feb 2016 #140

So much for the Big Tent. Metric System Feb 2016 #154

It's big but it's not infinite. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #155

satire or drunk posting Iggy Knorr Feb 2016 #2

Remy martin metroins Feb 2016 #4

Maybe you should form your own party? merrily Feb 2016 #11

Here, I'll make it simple for you: Kip Humphrey Feb 2016 #131

Bloomberg's talking of running Yupster Feb 2016 #164

Ay-yup, I really missed the "Go Fuck Yourself" option :) - nt KingCharlemagne Feb 2016 #170

I wouldn't trade my life for ten of yours. Seems as though your money makes you feel guilty. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #5

I understand your feelings metroins Feb 2016 #6

Please see reply 8. I have a feeling I am seeing some who got merrily Feb 2016 #16

I pmed you nt metroins Feb 2016 #31

OMG, just wow. kas125 Feb 2016 #7

Please explain nt. metroins Feb 2016 #12

I think the OP meant that family leave and minumum wage as issues were okay with them Matariki Feb 2016 #54

Check out his reply to someone else, post #20. kas125 Feb 2016 #59

Oh. Matariki Feb 2016 #63

Sounds like I've got mine and I'm afraid to let you have yours because I'm afraid I'll lose mine Fearless Feb 2016 #9

I semi agree metroins Feb 2016 #13

You sound like a libertarian. Not a Democrat white_wolf Feb 2016 #10

Sorta metroins Feb 2016 #15

I appreciate your honesty, and congratulate you sincerely on your material success renate Feb 2016 #14

I'll try metroins Feb 2016 #20

fair enough renate Feb 2016 #34

Thank you. metroins Feb 2016 #46

sorry, I was editing my post as you replied to it renate Feb 2016 #52

FFS, My husband and I could live out the rest of our lives off of 100k if we had it me b zola Feb 2016 #17

Mo money mo problems metroins Feb 2016 #22

I never implyed that your life is easy me b zola Feb 2016 #32

Fear metroins Feb 2016 #47

This I understand me b zola Feb 2016 #81

If I didn't have a wife metroins Feb 2016 #83

The reality of my life is that if I get cancer I will not seek treatment me b zola Feb 2016 #101

So sell your company and get yourself one of those minimum wage jobs. You can retire on SS like Live and Learn Feb 2016 #37

In 5 years metroins Feb 2016 #48

ROFL Need kids to retire? I think you have that backwards. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #49

My wife can't get pregnant metroins Feb 2016 #72

I didn't laugh at that. I laughed at needing kids to RETIRE. WTF? Live and Learn Feb 2016 #76

I don't mind discussing it metroins Feb 2016 #78

Wow! The price of a surrogate child doubled in half an hour! cui bono Feb 2016 #85

Amazing, huh? nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #91

Well, nice chatting with you but you better get back to wrok and making money now. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #92

You could adopt? And a secure safety net means your future prodigy elehhhhna Feb 2016 #115

Ok - Hold up. Mother Of Four Feb 2016 #181

I'm sorry, but you need to see someone Lorien Feb 2016 #66

Please expand metroins Feb 2016 #73

Exactly. I grew up in a single parent household where we were always scraping by Lorien Feb 2016 #86

I read your post. metroins Feb 2016 #89

Yes, money does provide security TexasBushwhacker Feb 2016 #141

FFS are you full of yourself. Nt Logical Feb 2016 #98

Imo you are making this all up. Nt Logical Feb 2016 #133

No kidding. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #160

You don't work 24/7. Orrex Feb 2016 #185

Then vote for Hillary. I don't know what you want us to say. jillan Feb 2016 #18

Try to figure out a more future-directed business model that Ron Green Feb 2016 #19

I do not know how respond nt metroins Feb 2016 #21

I can appreciate that; although it's uncharted territory, new economic models Ron Green Feb 2016 #67

31 metroins Feb 2016 #70

I'd like to suggest some writers: Ron Green Feb 2016 #94

OK, I'll try to give you my two cents OutNow Feb 2016 #100

I'm not that far behind you and I want Bernard. JRLeft Feb 2016 #24

Well metroins Feb 2016 #26

Yeah, I work for Chevron, and that's as detailed as I can be. JRLeft Feb 2016 #35

I was on a Chevron plant last week metroins Feb 2016 #42

That happens at my location too, except their paid a little more. JRLeft Feb 2016 #44

Would you mind saying why you're for Bernie? white_wolf Feb 2016 #29

It's not about me, it's about my relatives and their children. JRLeft Feb 2016 #38

WtF elaborate, what kinda a business etc and then one can respond with critical thinking. fourcents Feb 2016 #27

Financial metroins Feb 2016 #50

you need to sort out your feelings about money 6chars Feb 2016 #30

I really really like your post metroins Feb 2016 #53

For what it is worth you probably worked hard and earned your money doc03 Feb 2016 #139

I like your post too renate Feb 2016 #58

Fair share justaddh2o Feb 2016 #33

But isn't fair share a pretty obnoxious term? Yupster Feb 2016 #165

been there done that SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #39

I have no idea why you came here Trajan Feb 2016 #40

I'm not right wing metroins Feb 2016 #55

Well your OP certainly sounds like you are. cui bono Feb 2016 #74

Want to see my Fields Medal? bvf Feb 2016 #41

The bottom line HassleCat Feb 2016 #43

Back when I was making $150k a year I never whined about my taxes Lorien Feb 2016 #61

I understand your post metroins Feb 2016 #65

Taxes help your family Lorien Feb 2016 #75

Well, isn't that cute. Take a look at the people that voted they understand. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #69

I can assure you that one of them only voted based on the last half of the last sentence. cui bono Feb 2016 #71

Are you talking about me? metroins Feb 2016 #77

No, I'm talking about one of the people who voted for the option that was mentioned cui bono Feb 2016 #79

Oh ok. Nt metroins Feb 2016 #80

I've been meaning to tell you, Live and Learn senz Feb 2016 #87

NYSkip. Really? I didn't know that. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #90

I remembered wonderful accolades but not the name...love the dog. senz Feb 2016 #93

Ginny waz her name...love you nycskp miss you SwampG8r Feb 2016 #105

So vote for Hillary; she loves rich, selfish people. Who cares how the little folk survive? senz Feb 2016 #82

What was the point of this thread if you knew people would say to you "stop whining"? AZ Progressive Feb 2016 #84

You're looking for a point metroins Feb 2016 #88

I suspect your motives AZ Progressive Feb 2016 #102

how much do you tip when you eat out? SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #95

I know NO ONE i respect who would brag online about their income.... Logical Feb 2016 #96

Don't take the bait. That's all it is. n/t bvf Feb 2016 #99

+1 It's not just the income, it's the whole presentation. nt TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #120

Go volunteer at a shelter for a week. Kalidurga Feb 2016 #97

Excellent suggestion. senz Feb 2016 #103

the theoretical person in the OP would be a Republican Enrique Feb 2016 #104

Sanders works well across the political spectre. You'll be fine with him in the White House. Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #106

It must be hard for you Marrah_G Feb 2016 #107

I get $968/mo on Social Security. What keeps me alive is my VA medical. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #109

If you're scared, think of your fellow citizens My Good Babushka Feb 2016 #110

as long as you get yours, fuck the rest? yep you are in the wrong party. you are the problem bowens43 Feb 2016 #111

I don't care about your tax bill. If I pay a tax rate of 33% as a sinkingfeeling Feb 2016 #112

I defended you on the Melissa Harris-Perry story. But if this is what you're about, go away. randome Feb 2016 #113

Some of us have to "plan" $30 expenditures, hell some of us have to "plan" 30 cent expenditures Fumesucker Feb 2016 #114

I feel so sorry for they type you describe. KentuckyWoman Feb 2016 #116

Lulz! demmiblue Feb 2016 #118

Establishment Democratic Party leaders will make sure Sanders isn't the nominee. BKH70041 Feb 2016 #119

An employee does directly impact how soon you can retire, in two ways. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2016 #121

STFU. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #122

+1000, idiot post. Nt Logical Feb 2016 #134

Really scares you. LWolf Feb 2016 #123

Guessing Michael Bloomberg probably sounds pretty good to you right about now? Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #124

Poor baby, there, there, it's all right. Warren Stupidity Feb 2016 #125

I do not agree with anything you saying, and I support Clinton. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2016 #127

Oh, you again. I thought I put you on Forever Ignored during the debate. nt valerief Feb 2016 #128

The incomes from $100K to $999K are overtaxed, you should be concerned about the incomes that are Todays_Illusion Feb 2016 #129

The key word here is "earn". Mister Ed Feb 2016 #130

nice post Locrian Feb 2016 #137

My take-away from your post - money is your god. n/t Avalux Feb 2016 #132

I am 67 years old and get SS and a moderate pension. In the 5 years doc03 Feb 2016 #136

How are we to to survive if they don't? fwiff Feb 2016 #142

How about organizing a union and fighting for an increase in your wages like doc03 Feb 2016 #143

Oh, another I got mine and deserved it but you don't post. Nice nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #162

Asking you to pay a fair share of taxes OrwellwasRight Feb 2016 #138

^^^^^ polichick Feb 2016 #171

600 K is a lot of coin. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #147

You have to plan $30K expenditures? TexasBushwhacker Feb 2016 #149

I do NOT hifiguy Feb 2016 #150

ROFL Live and Learn Feb 2016 #161

Are you still here? eom mikehiggins Feb 2016 #151

You make 600K a year and you think you are not ultra rich? oberliner Feb 2016 #152

Since you failed to mention why Sanders "scares" you, there can be only one logical conclusion: arcane1 Feb 2016 #153

I agree. Made-up bullshit. n/t PonyUp Feb 2016 #157

I'm not going to vilify you for being successful, but let's be honest ... VMA131Marine Feb 2016 #158

damn, I had no idea how hard it is... mike_c Feb 2016 #159

well goodie for you CountAllVotes Feb 2016 #163

Wow- Karma13612 Feb 2016 #166

Earn is the wrong word. You manage commodities, including labor. rug Feb 2016 #168

Lol! Kewl story bro Arazi Feb 2016 #172

Vote for who you objectively feel serves your interests overall. My income is a sporadic roller GoneFishin Feb 2016 #173

So, did you find out what you wanted to know? bvf Feb 2016 #175

Have you looked at what the republicans will do to you? TBF Feb 2016 #179